Japan finishes third on medal table after strong showing at Paris Olympics

Japan won 20 gold medals at the Paris Olympics for its best showing at an overseas Games.

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Japan's Shinnosuke Oka won his third gold medal of the Paris Games on Monday with a powerful and precise routine on horizontal bar in a final riddled with mistakes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/08/05/shinnosuke-oka-gold-horizontal-bar/ #olympics #shinnosukeoka #2024parisolympics #france #paris #teamjapan
Japan's Shinnosuke Oka wins third gold at Olympics on horizontal bar

The 20-year-old scored the same 14.533 score as Colombia's Angel Barajas, but took gold due to his higher execution mark.

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Shinnosuke Oka holds off Chinese duo to claim all-around gold in Paris

Defending champion Daiki Hashimoto finished sixth.

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With hope of a gold medal fading, the Japanese men's gymnastics team rallied around each other and simply refused to give up. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/07/31/japan-gymnastics-team-effort/ #olympics #teamjapan #china #2024parisolympics #daikihashimoto #kazumakaya #watarutanigawa #shinnosukeoka #takaakisugino
How Japan's gymnasts picked each other up and toppled China

With hope of a gold medal fading, the Japanese men's gymnastics team rallied around each other and simply refused to give up.

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Much has been made about the robustness of the Olympic Village's cardboard beds but one didn't prove up to the test for top Japanese gymnast Shinnosuke Oka. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/07/28/oka-bathwater-carboard-bed/ #olympics #2024parisolympics #shinnosukeoka
Bathwater mishap forces Japan gymnast Oka to swap cardboard bed

Oka said a 'water leak' from the bath had caused damage to the cardboard frame.

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